Ledford v. Gibson

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GORDON, Senior District Judge:

Plaintiff is a prisoner who on 14 June 1984 was incarcerated at Blanch Youth Center in Blanch, North Carolina. Defendants are prison guards at that facility. Plaintiff sued defendants under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that defendants violated his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. A jury trial was conducted and the jury returned a verdict finding that the defendant Randy C. Gibson violated plaintiff’s right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. The jury also…